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By Stephanie Richard
Reporter
Texas Supreme Court jListice
Barbara Culver held a news confer
ence for A&M students Saturday in
Rudder Tower.
She discussed her experience, her
position in politics and what it means
to be a woman Republican.
Culver, who occupies Place 4 on
the Court, studied journalism at
Texas Tech University and received
her law degree from Southern
Methodist University.
She has 25 years experience as a
judge and was appointed to the
Texas Supreme Court in January by
Gov. Bill Clements.
If she is re-elected Nov. 8, she will
be the first woman in Texas history
to be elected to the Court.
She said her career as a judge be
gan in 1962 when she was elected in
Midland County.
She was re-elected in 1966 and
has not had an opponent until now.
She said her 15 years of trial court
experience will benefit her in the up
coming election.
“We need to credit the people
who have paid their dues,” Culver
said.
Democrat Jack Hightower is’ Cul
ver’s opponent in the race.
Culver said she is the only qual
ified candidate because her oppo
nent has no judicial experience. “He
has never been ajudge,” she said.
Campaign issues center around
political contributions.
“I have limited my campaign con
tributions to $5,000 from any indi
vidual or political action committee,”
Culver said. “I’m making a
statement. I’m not for sale; my vote
cannot be bought. I am one who can
be fair and impartial in a case that
comes before me.”
Elizabeth Ferrell, chairman of Ag
gies for Culver, said Culver has dis
tinctive views on the law.
“She calls herself a pragmatist in
interpreting the constitution,” Fer-
“I have been a conserva
tive Republican and am
proud of it. I have no in
tention of changing my
political philosophy. 1
have been a product of
this partisan election sys
tem since 1962; it would
be rude to kick the system
that brought me here. ”
—Iver, Texas state Su
preme Court Justice
rell said. “She doesn’t believe in
making the laws.”
Culver said,“Legislators are sup
posed to write statutes and enact
laws. The role of the Court is to in
terpret and apply those laws to the
facts at hand.”
Culver considers herself a strict
constructionalist.
“I have been a conservative Re
publican and am proud of it,” she
said. “I have no intention of chang
ing my political philosophy. I have
been a product of this partisan elec
tion system since 1962; it would be
rude to kick the system that brought
me here.”
Culver said she is for partisan
elections.
“I hope we can stimulate you to
think of ways to improve the judicial
system,” she said. “Until a better sys
tem comes along, I’m still standing
for elections. I’d rather campaign
the voters instead of the commit
tees.”
Culver replaced Justice Robert
Campbell on the Court in January.
At this time, there is not another
woman on the state-wide ballot.
“This is an important challenge,”
Culver said.
What’s Up
—3
Monday
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: will meet at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder.
MSC SCONA: will have a committee meeting with Dr. Harold Hawkins addres
sing “The Japanese Educational System” at 7 p.m. in 501 Rudder.
EAGLE PASS HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet new members and take group pic
tures at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Academic Building.
TAMU SNOW SKIING CLUB will meet to discuss the Christmas ski trip al 7
p.m. in 607 Rudder.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: Jr. Fulbright grant applications are due by5p.rn.in
161 Bizzell West.
MINORITY ASSOCIATION OF PRE HEALTH AGGIES: Demetrius Pearsonol
UTMSC in Houston will speak at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
Tuesday
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING HONOR SOCIETY: Mark Stein, pro
ject engineer at A&M, will discuss opportunites for electrical engineers in the oil
industry at 7 p.m. in 104B Zachry. Yearbook pictures will be taken at8:30p.m.in
the MSC Flagroom.
PRE-MBA ASSOCIATION: Director of A&M Graduate Business Programswil
speak at 6:30 p.m. in 156 Blocker.
NATIONAL IEEE/ACM: Contemporary Computing Issues: there will be a satel
lite conference with several sessions offered between 10:15 a.m. and 3:30p.m
in 601 Rudder. Topics include VLSI, SW Engineering, Office Automation and
Machine Intelligence.
DEBATE SOCIETY: will present a parliamentary debate “Should The Last
Temptation of Christ’ be shown on the A&M campus?" at 7 p.m. in 206 MSC.
PRE-MED/PRE-DENT SOCIETY: Dr. Gonzalez-Lima wifi speak about research
in the biomedical sciences at 8 p.m. in 200 Harrington, and the clubwilleleda
freshman reporter.
DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT SOCIETY: Penzoil will offer information
on data processing at 7 p.m. at the University Inn penthouse suite.
THE PLACEMENT CENTER: will have a workshop on what to do with a degree
in Liberal Arts from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION: Jo Hudson will speak at Ihe
meeting at 7 p.m. in 158 Blocker.
TAMU SAILING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 206 Military Sciences. Have orders
for gear ready.
MSC ALL NIGHT FAIR GENERAL COMMITTEE: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in402
Rudder.
DEER PARK HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8:52 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
TAMU SCUBA CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder.
AUSTIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 10 p.m. at Rudder Fountain lor Silver
Taps.
OFF CAMPUS AGGIES HAUNTED HOUSE COMMITTEE: will meet at 9 p.m
in 607 Rudder. Any off-campus students interested in helping with the haunted
house should attend.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 115 Kleberg.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: will meet at Carnaby sat 7pm
on 3610 S. College, by the Chicken Oil Company.
OFF CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet for Silver Taps at 10 p.m. at Rudder Fountain
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION: W
meet at 6 p.m. in 305 Fermier to discuss high school recruiting.
STUDENT Y ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 230 MSC.
SPANISH CLUB: will have a taco party at 7 p.m. Call Susie at 696-1773 for di
rections.
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Rascal ‘Spanky’ contemplates future
as spokesman for Justin Boots, CO;
MIDLAND (AP) — Texan
George McFarland has grown up in
the motion picture business, again
and again.
During a career that began in
1931 and spanned his third through
16th birthdays, he and his gang of
friends were some of the best-known
and loved childhood characters cap
tured on film.
Known to millions of Americans
as “Spanky,” McFarland was a long
time little rascal and “Our Gang”
member.
Now,at age 60, he has begun a
new career as the national spokes
man for the Justin Boot Co., and the
company’s Justin Juniors, a line of
roper-style boots made especially for
children. He recently was in Mid
land talking about his previous and
current careers.
“I was probably 5 or 6 years old
before I understood and realized
that all kids weren’t in movies,” Mc
Farland said. “This was my life —get
up in the morning, go to the studio
and during the day get somewhere
in the neighborhood of three hours
of schooling — not necessarily at the
same time — take an hour for lunch
and that leaves five hours of shoot
ing for film.”
The studio provided the “Little
Rascals” with a private tutor.
“When we were shooting film, we
“Some days you feel like it,
but you go anyway. ”
and some days you don't,
— George McFarland,
discussing Spanky on the
Little Rascals
went to school on the set, and when
we weren’t shooting film, we had a
little room on the studio lot that was
our school,” he said.
Working on “Little Rascals” was
no different than any other job, Mc
Farland said.
“Some days you feel like it, and
some days you don’t, but you go any
way.”
When he went home on week
ends, he played with his neighbor
hood kids, whom, he realized as he
grew older, were envious of the fact
that he was only in class three hours
daily. By state law, children could
not be on the set for more than nine
hours a day.
But, until he was about 6, he
thought the dads of his neighbor
hood’s kids took them to a studio on
Monday morning. The reason he
didn’t see them was quite simple.
“They just worked at a different
studio,” he said.
He’s often asked, “Didn’t you miss
your childhood?” His reply is—“No.
Inood,
1 had a different childhood, but it
was my childhood, and I didn’t miss
it.”
In addition to “Our Gang,” Mc
Farland also made 14 feature length
movies, including “Trail of the Lo
nesome Pine,” with Henry Fonda
and Fred MacMurray, “Woman in
the Window,” with Edward C. Rob
inson, and also worked with Jackie
Cooperand Wallace Beery.
He recalls a newcomer who was
introduced on the set one day.
“We were the stars in that day,”
McFarland said. “I remember how
high he talked — slow and unusual.
His hair was fiery red back then, and
he laughed a lot.”
The newcomer was Red Skelton.
McFarland remembers the real
life “Little Rascals” getting along
with each other for the most part.
“We went to school together and
we were friends, but we didn’t social
ize that much on weekends. We
worked together all week. Cometo
day enough is enough," he said.
He’s kept up with what’s hap
pened to such “Our Gang" contnu
player s as Alfalfa, Buckwheat,Daili
Hood, Joe Cobb and Porky.
Carl Switzer, who played Alfalfa
was killed in 1959 in an argumec
with his partner.
“He pulled a knife, and his par;
net shot him,” McFarland savs.1
really wasn’t surprised. He wasi
ways a mischievous kid, and hisp
ents didn’t hold a very tight leash
him, and he wasn’t blessed wit!
clear definition of right and wronj
When it happened, although Us
disappointed to hear the news an!
of course 1 was sorry — we’realldf
minished by the loss of one of us-
but it just didn’t surprise me ths
much.”
Darla I lood, one of the fewexcep
tions where the character usediJ
own name, died of a heart attach
1979 and William Thomas, wit
played Buckwheat, diedofahei’:
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Colo., McFarland says. He
“Pete the pup died a longtime
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